Ring-spinning frame



(No Model.)

W. E. SHARPLBS.

RING SPINNING FRAME.

No. 343,074. Patented June 1, 1886.

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'WILLIAM E. SHARPLES, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

RING-SPINNING FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 343,074., dated June1, 1886.

Application filed December 27, 1884. Serial No. 151,302. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM E. SHAR- PLEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts; have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Ring-SpinningFrames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in hingingthe guidewire board of a ring-spinningframe, twistingframe, or similar machine so that said board can be swungto raise and lower all the guidewire blocks pivoted thereto at the sametime, and in employing the means hereinafter described and claimed forraising and lowering the guide-wire board; and it further consists in soarranging the means for raising and lowering the guide-wire board thatthe latter will be locked by the former in a raised position, andpreferably also in a lowered position, as will hereinafter appear.

Heretofore, as far as I am aware, the guidewire board has been rigidlysecured to the frame, and in the operation of removing the full bobbinsfrom the spindles the guide-wire blocks have had to be raised singly ora few at a time and returned singly or a few at atime after the spindleshave been supplied with empty bobbins, thereby consuming much time indoffing, necessitating a stoppage of the machine for a considerabletime, and cansingmany of the threads to be displaced from theguide-wires.

The object of the invention is to save time in doffing and to prevent adisplacement of the threads, which object is attained, as willhereinafter appear. T

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in front elevation aportion of the roller-beam and the guide-wire blocks and board of aring-spinning frame of ordinary construction, two of said blocks beingturned up. Fig. 2 represents an end'view ot' the same. Fig. 3 shows atop view of the same. Fig. 4 represents in front elevation a portion ofthe roller-beam and guide-wire blocks and my improved means for raisingand lowering the latter. Fig. 5 shows on a larger scale a front view ofa smaller portion of the parts represented in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 representsan end view of the same. Fig. 7 shows an end view of the same with theguide-wire board and its blocks raised or elevated.

G is the roller-beam of the frame. .G is the guide-wire board, and g theguide-wire blocks, hinged thereto in a well-known manner. K are theusual arms projecting from the rollerbeam to support the guide-wireboard in a substantially horizontal position.

In carrying out my invention I hinge the guide-wire board G to swingwith relation to the roller-beam by means of a suitable number ofhinges, H, Figs. 4., 5, 6. and 7, so that said board and its blocks 9can be swung upwardly by raising the board by hand or by mechanismsubstantially such as hereinafter described. For raising the board, Iprefer to employ a rock-shaft, A, Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, located beneaththe said board and in front of the roller-beam, and turning in bracketsor supports B. The shaft A is furnished with arms E, secured thereto,which arms are connected to the guide-wire board G by links F, pivotedor hinged to said board and arms, and said shaft is provided with acrank or handle, D, by which the shaft can be turned.

By raising the crank or handle D the shaft A is partially rotated andthe guide-wire board G and its blocks 9 are raised into the positionshown in Fig. 7, so that the doffing operation can be convenientlyperformed, and by turning the crank in the opposite direction theguide-wire board and its blocks, are returned to normal position. (Shownin Fig. 6.)

The guide-wire board and its blocks are locked both in an elevated and alowered position by the passage of the pivotal point between the arms Eand links F inside of a line drawn through the center of the shaft A andthe pivotal point between said links and the guide-wire board, as shown,respectively, in Figs. 7 and 6, so that the board is securely retainedin such positions.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I l.- Thecombination, with the roller-beam O, of the guide-wire board G, hingedto swing with relation thereto as described, the rockshaft A, providedwith arms E, means for supporting said rook shaft, and the links F,hinged to said arms and board, the said arms hinged to said arms andboard, substantially and links being arranged to swing as de- IO as setforth. scribed, so as to look the guide-wire board in 2. Thecombination, with the roller-beam position, substantially as set forth.0, of the guidewire board G, hinged to swing with relation thereto asdescribed, the rocksllaft A, furnished with arms E, means for supportingsaid rook-shaft, and the linksF,

WILLIAM E. SHARPLES. WVitnesses:

RICHARD B. BoRDEN, HERBERT H. HORTON.

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